On the 12th, the ladies and I streamed live interviews from Plush the Nightclub's party, Glitter and Glamour. We tried recording via facebook but the music pumping from the club obscured the recording so we relied on the Ustream recording. We thought we had shut down the Facebook live stream but to our astonishment, we had not. These are the screen shots of our discovery. ​This won the night!!

February 15I discovered a storytelling podcast many, many years ago called "The Vinyl Cafe" - Stuart McLean was directly responsible in fostering my need to move to Canada... long before a certain politician rose to power. Stuart passed away on Feb 15th and I feel as though I've lost a friend. My favorite stories are “Dave Cooks the Turkey” and "The neighbours who renovated" but my absolute favorites were when Stuart would wax on about the history and beauty of the various cities and towns he visited when The Vinyl Cafe was on the road. Listen to as many as you can. Maybe I can get you to move to Canada with me.

I learned a wonderful new word

​nepenthe

​(noun) Originated from Ancient Greece, nepenthe is described as something, which can make you forget your heartache, grief or suffering. (via wordsnquotes)

and I realized I have a lot of things in my life that I can classify as nepenthe

A new gorgeous friend, Jasper, had this in his timeline

"Always keep your friends close and your enemies closer because now you've got a human shield of your enemies."

During the Feb 12 live stream broadcast, the ladies and I interviewed a few people and Jasper was one of them. I had been prepared by Toxi prior to meeting him and indeed was quite intrigued. He was described as gregarious and delightful albeit a tad provocative. When I actually shook hands with him, I found him charming and beautiful, an Adonis to take the breath away. His social media is a delight to follow. @jasper_driver

Broken Heart CC BY 2.0 by David Goehring

My heart was broken this month. Someone whom I loved dearly, instead of bringing an issue they had to me, chose a different way to handle it. I was crushed that this was the path they had chosen. Even moreso since the ensuing chaos has defamed another person I love and cherish. I have asked myself many times over the course of these past few days, what, if anything, could I have done to engender more trust by this individual. When I have an issue with something someone said or did, I go to the source, always to the source. I thought this was known protocol... or rather, I would have hoped that this was the protocol I have tried to instill in those around me. After days of ruminating, I realize it wasn't something I did or could have done. It was a knee-jerk reaction on their part. I am disappointed.

February 4 "It took a few insults delivered in a trademark shriek to hammer home that this really was Melissa McCarthy, in drag, capturing the unquestionable essence of a political figure whose public image so far has largely revolved around belligerence, alternative facts, and cinnamon gum. As soon as the assembled audience figured it out, they began cheering, causing McCarthy’s Spicer to berate them once again. “Settle down, SETTLE DOWN!,” she screeched. “Before we begin, I know that myself and the press have gotten off to a rocky start. And when I say rocky, I mean Rocky the movie because I came out here to punch you. In the face. And also I don’t talk so good.” ~quoted from The Atlantic

"CNN, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico and BuzzFeed were blocked Friday from an off-camera White House press briefing, raising alarm among media organizations and First Amendment watchdogs. Breitbart News, The Washington Times and One America News Network were also allowed in....The Associated Press chose not to participate in the gaggle following the move by White House press secretary Sean Spicer. "The AP believes the public should have as much access to the president as possible," Lauren Easton, the AP's director of media relations, said in a statement." White House blocks news organizations from press briefing